There’s really no need to click on that link, you won’t find Thanksgiving recipes. It’s just T. Rex more or less kissing the ass of one of the planet’s worst dictatorships, which happens to be — though this is not mentioned in the statement — a country with vast energy reserves coveted by ExxonMobil.

“We send the people of Turkmenistan our best wishes as you celebrate this special day, and we hope our partnership grows stronger over the next year,” writes T. Rex. “Gee, thanks,” the people of Turkmenistan have replied by now, “Why don’t you fuck off until you stop supporting our shitty regime.”

You can also read this Los Angeles Times op-ed, in which I defended undercover reporting from mainstream critics after my story came out and humiliated a bunch of lobbyists who are sources for my mainstream critics. “I’m willing to debate the merits of my piece, but the carping from the Washington press corps is hard to stomach,” I wrote. “This is the group that attended the White House correspondents dinner and clapped for a rapping Karl Rove. As a class, they honor politeness over honesty and believe that being “balanced” means giving the same weight to a lie as you give to the truth. I’ll take Nellie Bly any day.”